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DE 19510579 A 19950323

EP 9601248 W 19960321

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[origin: US5796249A] PCT No. PCT/EP96/01248 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 30, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 30, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 21, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/29568 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 1996A sensor for sensing at least one of angular position and rotation speed comprises a permanent magnet rotatable about an axis of rotation and at least three Wheatstone bridges each having four bridge resistors formed of magnetoresistive strip lines extending in planes parallel to a rotation plane of the permanent magnet. The bridge resistors of each of the at least three Wheatstone bridges are disposed on respective sides of quadrangles corresponding to respective ones of the at least three Wheatstone bridges. Each of the at least three Wheatstone bridges has two adjacently arranged ones of the bridge resistors connected to a half-bridge of respective ones of the at least three Wheatstone bridges. The quadrangles are disposed relative to one another rotated by a preselectable angle alpha . The at least three Wheatstone bridges each have an intersection point of virtual diagonals connecting corners of respective ones of the quadrangles, the intersection points being arranged substantially concentrically about the axis of rotation, and the at least three Wheatstone bridges are disposed so as to be equally and evenly swept by a field of the permanent magnet during rotation thereof to saturate the bridge resistors.